Noble Energy Inc  ( NBL.N ) slashed the risks to its colossal Israeli  natural gas project by selling a stake to Australia's largest oil producer and sealing a crucial supply deal with a Palestinian power company in one of the world's political flash points....

  Russia  and  China  on Monday rebuffed the United States,  France  and Britain and other states by failing to attend negotiations on a draft U.N. Security Council resolution to boost aid access in  Syria , diplomats said. Australia ,...

The initiative to neutralize the Palestinian refugee camps in Syria entered into force in Yarmouk camp Monday when bulldozers began to remove roadblocks as the road has been cleared from landmines, Zaman Alwasl reporter said. Mahmoud Nassar, activist and relief worker from...

Activists and rebels said an al Qaeda splinter group had withdrawn its forces from Syria's oil-rich eastern province of Deir al-Zour on Monday after days of heavy fighting with its rivals, Reuters said. Islamist opposition groups joined forces with some secular...